1. Anyone still not convinced about the growth of virtual meeting spaces within business might like to check out the one created for the Virtual Edge Summit by Officepodz. More on this later in the week. 2. Twinity have expanded their virtual Berlin area. As of now, there's a 'be Berlin citystore', which is part of the 'be Berlin' tourism marketing campaign. The citystore will … [Read more...] about Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
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Another perspective on Twinity
Australian machinima producer and virtual worlds observer, Skribe Forti, has created a very interesting review of mirror world Twinity. It seems a balanced piece that covers both the strengths and weaknesses of Twinity, which is currently in beta: What are your thoughts? Do you agree with Skribe's summary of Twinity? … [Read more...] about Another perspective on Twinity
Twinity: 100K users and Mac version on the horizon
Twinity has just in the past hour passed one hundred thousand registrations. That was the reason I headed to Twinity's website. What caught my attention were four new words: It's obviously unclear on how progressed Twinity are with Mac development (something we've now sought clarification on), but if things are progressing in that regard, kudos to Metaversum. That, and the … [Read more...] about Twinity: 100K users and Mac version on the horizon
Twinity’s momentum continues
We've followed the development of mirror virtual world Twinity closely, and even questioned Twinity's purpose. More than eighty thousand people have now registered to use Twinity - it'll be interesting to see how much transparency there'll be on active users into the future. Even on Second Life's benchmark of roughly ten percent active versus registered, that's a solid … [Read more...] about Twinity’s momentum continues
Second Life servers to hit Singapore?
According to the Straits Times, Singapore-based Second Life servers are on their way to Singapore within six months. This is potentially good news for Australian users, although the news would be a lot better if it were Australian servers being announced. Given the growing focus on Twinity in Singapore, Linden Lab need to be making some strategic moves in South-East Asia. … [Read more...] about Second Life servers to hit Singapore?